80's Commercials Vol. 27

[@ieatpoopforlunch]

"Weird Al" Yankovic was in a commercial? AWESOME!!!!!

[@rainbowstarkitten2445]

Man the 80’s looked like an amazing decade man I would love to see what it was like

[@tgreer72]

I love the music in 80's commercials! They mini-broadway shows!! :) We sure had it good!!

[@swami1]

Summer of '84. A great time for America.

[@albertobellido95]

I don't know if I am the only one who noticed that Weird Al is appearing on the compilation number TWENTY-SEVEN. IN THE TWENTY-SEVENTH SECOND.

[@hopegrimsley3427]

Alberto Bellido, so Weird!

[@dignityshmignity]

7. McDonald's. Tornado punch! 8. Lowenbrau. One of the best beer jingles ever, but I prefer the R&B version.

[@80sCommercialVault]

Yeah, it's a parody of what actually happened during these Olympic games. Because the countries that typically compete with the U.S. in many events boycotted the games, tons of Big Macs were given away when the U.S. won the gold in an event they otherwise wouldn't have won.

[@80sCommercialVault]

@hagiadzo Atari's biggest mistake was screwing up the deal they were negotiating with Nintendo. Throughout 1983, Atari was set to be the North American distributor of the NES system. After the rapid success of the Famicom system in Japan, Nintendo decided to handle NA distribution themselves. After that, Atari was officially toast.

[@timothysprengeler4071]

Wow; I commented a couple volumes ago on how much I love that Diet Coke jingle, and here's another version of it--complete with "Weird Al" Yankovic! 1:58--Ironically, a commercial for Diet Coke's forerunner, Tab. I was wondering what was "new" about Tab in 1984? My guess is the use of aspartame (Nutra-Sweet), which was in vogue at that time. 4:00--Wrigley's has produced a lot of great commercials over the years, and this is probably my favorite ad for their Spearmint gum. 7:01--I remember that Kodak "As Time Goes By" jingle, although the specific version that sticks in my mind featured a little boy and his dog.

[@lonewulf44]

Loved that ABC TV voice ... the one from the begging show HOTEL ... that voice just makes me think 80's

[@MrMammon]

That trout guy cracks me up.

[@shweamel]

You are the best! Thank you for posting these. You take us all back.

[@shinaito]

That at&t building looked creepy in that ad

[@Audiomancer]

For some reason, I find the long distance commercials very amusing. It's probably because it's pretty much a non issues these days:)

[@alisonblaire9546]

Excellent! Loved the Hotel promo with James Brolin, Josh Brolin's father

[@80sCommercialVault]

I think James Brolin is famous enough to go without being referred to as "Josh Brolin's father".

[@dinahkyle3196]

80sCommercialVault Nowadays its Thanos

[@m3trooper]

Lowenbrau Beer! I always remember being a kid growing up in the 80's, all the grownups always drank Lowenbrau. Wonder what ever happened to that company?

[@frstwhsprs]

dude i love your aunt and uncle they rocks

[@streetteamdjony2000]

Lol i remember sprint calling to change our long distance and my mom saying tell them im not here...lol

[@junegreen3086]

Thank YOu For The 1980s comercials Because it picked up the Sensation, the Energy, which made that Era feel Exciting clear up to the 1993 of the 80s Into the early 90s!

[@seattlesfinestwrx]

- This was probably the beginning of the end for the 2600. - Sears Business Systems? Do those even exist anymore? - Lowenbrau Beer commercial had no point. - I love the Diet Coke/McD's commercial.

[@loungelizard5000]

Awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[@dadsoldtapes]

Funny to see the commercials for the US Olympic team from 28 years ago right alongside US Olympic team commercials of today.

[@asatorMonster]

james brolin ALMOST looks like the most interesting man in the world

[@Lawless66007]

LMAO!!! @ 7:05 is Tiny "Zues" Lister aka Deebo from Friday.

[@SpanishPopeye1]

Oh my! In the first spot, that's James Coco, showing how "just for the ah of it" he lost weight by drinking diet sodas. He died three years later, though. Thanks for sharing.

[@karenobyrne8060]

8:34 James Widdoes (Animal House)

[@MikeSmith74653]

That McDonalds US Win-You Win thing remind me of that Simpsons episode when Lisa was born!!!

[@80sCommercialVault]

Yeah, it's near the lawnmower section.

[@80sCommercialVault]

It looks red to me, with a little pink chroma noise from the beta tape.

[@80sCommercialVault]

Wait a minute, never mind. It IS a lawnmower.

[@PowerGlove79]

Tab, I can't give you a tab unless you order something

[@TNTITAN]

Well for those who get depressed at all the old grocery comericals, its always nice to see a old computer ad and its prices isn't it.

[@hopegrimsley3427]

While I would love to go back to the 80s, I would be okay with going back to 2008 (when this video was released) as well. Interesting that there was both AT&T and Sprint commercials on this compilation.

[@saibasabu]

I like how the original 1984 MacIntosh (and IBM for that matter) were at prices in the $2500s where even the newest MacBooks and Windows computers would go about $2000 tops with avg prices still only in the hundreds. Then you also consider today's currency inflation. Incredible.

[@gli7utubeo]

That's an AT&T Dataspeed 40 terminal keyboard at 5:21. (Only old Bell System vets will get this--please ignore this comment otherwise.) Thanks for this.

[@Eurodance90schick]

I never knew weird Al was in a Diet Coke commerical, hey i wonder if there's a ringtone for this jingle i like it, as a toddler i know this may sound stupid but i used to be afraid of this jingle where i'd start crying my eyes out.

[@MichaelMangi]

It's so weird to see the Olympics on another channel since NBC basically has done everything they could to hang on to the broadcast rights for nearly 20 years now.

[@StormsongK]

Did nobody at the ad agency think "Let's Taste" in the Tab commercial might sound like "less taste"? Probably not their smartest move. ;)

[@cmorath]

NICE

[@holbrooke7]

*ha ha* Weird Al in a Diet Coke commercial!

[@dadsoldtapes]

Someday we'll be able to say about Sears "a name you haven't trusted in 98 years"... Love these vintage commercials, check mine out!

[@timothysprengeler4071]

Kind of sad to see them going the way of the passenger pigeon.

[@HGbunny]

Mmmm, can't tell you the last tim I had a Lowenbrau. Kodak Disc Film...who's brilliant idea WAS that? My step-mom had one. Sure, it was hip to have one, but you only got, like, 12 exposures on the thing, it cost more to develop, and the pictures weren't any better than those 110 insta-matic cameras we'd had for 15 years. Atari 2600. :-)

[@PowerGlove79]

You want a pepsi pal, you're gonna pay for it!

[@pvtpyle74]

Is that Hoover from Animal House on the Atari commercial?

[@DanZero77]

"All this stuff is making me thirsty! Think I'll order a Tab." Robert Brennan in the First Jersey Securities ad was soon arrested a couple years later for (all things) securities FRAUD! HA!

[@homergrand99]

2 grand for a computer.i remember that

[@scubasteve7196]

good times

[@homergrand99]

debo at 7:06????????????????

[@hagiadzo]

@80sCommercialVault Then they were forced to try and keep up with Nintendo and Sega as the focus of the industry shifted from the U.S. to Japan. I predominantly used a Commodore 64 throughout the '80s, so I was playing video games despite the downturn in the console market.

[@berto1169]

A nice little inside rib, getting Weird Al, in his Michael Jackson "Eat It" costume to do a Coke ad, since at the time Michael Jackson was shilling big time for Pepsi.

[@hagiadzo]

By the summer of '84, Atari and others were feeling the effects of the video game crash. Apparently, they were trying to squeeze all the money they could from those woodgrained 2600's.

[@JWLJN]

Too bad that isn't the only Coke that James Coco was ingesting, else he might still be here.

[@Audiomancer]

Oh, man, Soviets in Afghanistan, I forgot they had a turn messing around over there. Maybe the motives were different, but still:)

[@turdferguson2]

Lowenbrau..for when you're not drunk enough to skydive

[@kstarpictures]

That McDonald's commercial sounds like it's voiced over by Larry Brantley, the voice of Wishbone in the 90's. I doubt it's him, but the voice sure does sound similar.

[@mikekaraoke]

was being filmed in late 84

[@DougUnfunny]

7:05 tiny zeus lister

[@mlg73]

$5999! That's the price of a very cheap, old model used car today!

[@SMAXZO]

It could be the editing...but at the Atari commercial, it sounded like the guy said Fuck the Price.

[@80sCommercialVault]

+SMAXZO An obvious glitch with the tape.

[@SMAXZO]

80sCommercialVault It's ok..it made me laugh though,

[@RazzyDiane]

oh my gosh! $2000 for a redundant ibm computer and an apple, and that atari top of the line system...lol, times sure have changed, weird al was awesome then and now. Peter Jennings sure looked young...weird. I love the diet coke commercial, too bad the commercials for big sporting events have gone downhill, Remember the cocacola commercial of the sixties...I'd like to teach the world to sing perfect harmony, I'd like to give the world a coke? sighs...nostalgia

[@mst3kanita]

Tab's in a fuchsia can.

[@n8ames]

Back then, EVERYTHING had some sort of corny jingle XD

[@scottievand]

Alright, well then just give me a Pepsi Free.

[@mikekaraoke]

my mum and dad VHS quality of Thriller looks same quality as 90's

[@yaywhewclips242]

Bette Davis was originally on the first season of HOTEL. Unfortunately, she had to withdrawl from the show due to health reasons.

[@LieutenantWaldron]

*Russian-looking opponent in ad for McDonalds Olympic promo Pfft-BWAHAHAHAHA!!! McDonalds really wasn't expecting the Russian boycott, was it?

[@80sCommercialVault]

Hopefully this hypothetical "Nana" would be wise enough to know not do stock trading with the advice of a company that hasn't existed in two decades. But I have a feeling she wouldn't be. And quit blabbing about my time machine. The Feds are everywhere!

[@elineff6959]

1. Diet Coke, I think that could Richard Simmons on the band equipment, not sure though

[@haltomdustin1997]

weird al!

[@Scambush]

Not only was Robert Brennan of First Jersey securities a crook, he was also involved with Gene Mulvihill in the infamous Action Park that existed at the time.

[@Kevin_OKeefe]

Weird Al!!!!!!!!

[@Oodus]

Oh man, they parodied the "U.S. Wins, You Win" McDonald's contest in The Simpsons! I never knew it was based on a real thing. Krusty Burger rigs the contest so it's only for events Russians never lose, but they boycott the '84 games, resulting in Krusty losing millions, hahaha!

[@retropat3670]

Just for the F**K of it, Diet Crap! Good times.

[@22centman36]

Deebo AKA ZUES AKA Tiny lister at 7:06

[@80sCommercialVault]

Los Angeles...

[@ieatpoopforlunch]

Coke still makes Tab,but it's only out in certain areas of the country.

[@timothysprengeler4071]

Just found out recently that Tab is now officially being discontinued.

[@juggnuttz]

@saibasabu but your talking new technology then to old tech today.... its like comparing a VHS player in the late 80's, to a VHS recorder in the mid 90's..... sure the technology was way better.... but it was old news and new and cheaper parts readily available. compare a top of the line VCR then, to a top of the line DVD player today..... see what i mean?

[@Krogdog57]

Didn't the "If USA wins you win" cost McDonalds a ton more payouts than expected because of the Russian Boycott? LOL

[@camucamu09]

5999 bucks ? for a nissan car? ..damn !!! it's was cheap!

[@mikekaraoke]

why in the late 80's when VHS came out in 82?

[@ultramega76]

i have the lowenbrau picture in my man cave

[@Beermaker2000]

LOL, the guy at 5:32 was busted for stock fraud and money laundering and went to prison for 9 years.

[@mulletboater]

They must have made that pushy ad, because they knew a far supier system was on the way in less than a year. By 1988 atari was looked on as a joke. they gained some respect as a game design company over the years, but, were never taken seriously as a console company again.

[@wildsmiley]

Michael Jackson peddled Pepsi so I suppose it makes sens that Weird Al Yankovic would do the same for Coke dressed as Michael.

[@80sCommercialVault]

His music video for "Eat It" also came out around this time

[@80sCommercialVault]

I see what you did there.

[@jerkylfish]

Guy at 2:25 having a tab-gasm.

[@deonvarnado5353]

2:28

[@RoxyAlexander]

as long as your debt is between $1-200!

[@jbs2763]

a new truck for 6 grand..wow

[@rickyfan3956]

Wow! Wierd Al did a Diet Coke commercial?

[@80sCommercialVault]

Looks like he took the "pioneer spirit" to heart and pioneered a whole new way to rip off the elderly. What a douchebag.

[@truthbehindlove]

@homergrand99 lol i said the same thing. i'm pretty sure it is

[@00imwatchingu00]

Is it just me or are commercials just aired during the superbowl now? Cuz, all I see are infomercials and pharma ads... That At&t job looks depressing 1001 calories? Anything under 1200 calories puts your body in starvation mode.

[@C0wb0yBebop]

Half the companies are bankrupt or in the process of closing.

[@eriksojka9209]

Atari was the best!!!!

[@mrnaji]

...I know you are, but what am I?